Farm wagon



Feb.,13,`11940. B. VAN ZEELAND A-r AL 2,190,300

FARM WAGON Filned April 11, 1958 Inventurs. i LennardVanZeeI nd "dEiE'r'nardVanZee and ttnrnegs.

cfa/Z@ i i UNITED Patented Feb. 13, 1940 y OFFICE j aisance p p l FARM WAGON I Bernard- {Van Zeeland; andtLeonard van Zeeland, x KaukaunaiWis. l

p Applieationapruii, 193s, serirNL-mia I p 11 olaimf .(ol. esos-14.3)`

This invention appertains to, vehicles, and more particularly to an improvedfarm wagon." f

One of the primaryobjects of our invention is to providean all-metal lbuilt-up 'farm "wagon which will. give an `exceptionally high `clearance for the size oi wheels employed, whereby-tovfacilitate theuse thereof in loading hay andthe like.`

' provide an easy-running all-metalfarniwa'gon` whichvcan be easily pulled by eitherd'raft `ani'.

Another salient object `of'our.inventionisfto mals or a tractor, and which is of such a character that the samegwill readilytrack behind a4 pulling- Vehicle. .I I ,l y. A further irnportant'fobject` of our invention is to provide an all-metal farm wagon lor truck,

which can be easily and quickly adjusted as to length, and which embodies atelescoping draft tongue or pole to permit the wagon'tobe either drawn from a tractor or by draft animals.

A still further object of four invention is to provide a farm wagon of.` the-above character, which will berdurable andeicient in' `use, one thatwill be simple and easy to manufacturepand one which can be placed upon'` the market at a reasonable cost. i, y

With these and other objects inv view, the invention consists in the novelV construction, ar-

rangement,` and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed,y

and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which drawing:

Figure l is a top plan view of the chassis or running gear of a farm wagon constructed. in

l accordance with my invention, parts ofthe View being shown broken away and in section. Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, andillustrating the construction of the rear bolster; the wheels being shown removed from thestub axles.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary, longitudinal sectional View taken substantially on the line 3,-3 of Figure l, looking in the direction of the` arrows. f

Figure 4 is a fragmentary, detail sectional View illustrating the construction and arrangement Iof the iront bolster, the View being taken substantially on, the line l-fl of Figure l, looking in the direction of the arrows. l

Referring to the drawing invldetail, wherein similar reference characters designate corre-` sponding parts throughout the several Views, the letter C generally indicates the chassis or running gear of my Iimproved farm wagon, and, as shown, the same embodies a front bolster 5 and l also carry suitable anti-friction bearings 25, which a rear"`bolster 6. Both of these Ibolsters 5 and 6 `are formed from a blankof sheet metal, such as steel, andare' bent into shapeto `form fa substantially inverted Ufconfiguration in cross-section. Thus,feachbolster includes spaced parallel front 57 l ande-rear walls If and 3 and va `connectingy top wall9.- I w 1" 'y :l The rearbolster 6 has welded thereto adjacent itsropopsite ends'the forwardly projecting brace ban lll, which can `be formed from U-shaped, 1t)r channel iron. This; brace I includes` the centrally'disposed body portion yII vand the oppo-` vsitely-d hferging` arms I2, the terminals ofwh-ich are Welded to the front .wallv of the `rear bolster,

as heretofore stated. In order togivefthe brace 15j IU'. and the,l bolster. additional strength, tri- `anguiar-fshapedbrace plates I3` are Welded to `the ends of the brace and to the `front face of the bolster' 6. jf j] t p yThe endsof the rear bolster are closed by U -20 vshaped channel irons I4`,1which are also firmly welded in place. Thesechannel irons I4, in turn, have" welded thereto relatively short sections o'f channel r iron 2` I 5in' These `l channel iron l sections wheels Il, and roller bearings I8 are preferablyv carried by said stub axles. The inneil ends of the `stub axles are passed through openings formed in the channel iron sections I4 and I5, and the axles are held in place bynuts I9;` i f The central portion. II of the brace I0 andthe central portion of 'the rear bolster are provided with alined openings in which is iitted the tubular guide sleeve 20. This guide sleevecan be formed from a length of metal pipe, if so desired, and 35 the same is rmly welded to the brace and to the bolster.

The front bolster 5 also has its terminals `closed by 'U-shaped channel iron sections 2|,

which aresecurely Weldedin place. Firmly weld- 40 ed to the channels 2| are brackets` or pivot ears `22, which hingedly support the `swinging stub The rear face of the front bolster` 5, adjacentits opposite ends, has securely Welded thereto a rear-` 55 wardly extending brace bar 29, which is also preferably formed from a U-shaped channel iron. This brace bar 29 and the front bolster have formed therein centrally disposed and axially alined openings into which is tted the tubular guide sleeve Sil. vThe guide sleeve is securely welded to the bolster and the brace bar, and can be formed from a length of metal pipe.

Securely bolted in the'guide sleeve 30, as at 3|, is the rearwardly ydirected reach pole'32. This reach pole is also formed from metal and is -of a hollow construction, and hence can be formed from a length of pipe.

The rear end of the reach pole is slidably mounted in the sleeve 2@ and is provided with a plurality of spaced openings 33, any'oneofwhich is adapted to aline with an opening in the guide sleeve 2B. A removable pin 3,4 ispassed through selected openings, so as to hold the reach pole in an adjusted position on the sleeve 20.

The front and rear bolsters 5 and y6 have securely bolted to'v their upper faces, as at v35, plates 36, which carry tubular sockets 31 for lthereception of wagon body stakesof the ydesired'heightl 'I The frontbolster 5 carries the draft appliance 38, which includes a telescoping draft tongue or pole 39. This tongue or pole includes an- -outer section lb and an inner sliding section 4l. `The sections are` held in an adjusted position relative to one another by bolts.42, which vare passed through openings in said sections.

The rear end of the outerpole section 40 has pivotally connected thereto, by a transversely eX- tending pivot pin d3, a rearwardly directed U-- shaped strap. -The rear end of the strap, in turn,

has Welded thereto a U-shaped bracket 44, which is received between 'upper and lower horizontally disposed plates 45, which are welded to the front Aface of the bolster 5. The vertically disposed pivot pin 41 is passed through the plates 46 and the arms of the U-shaped bracket 45. By this arrangement and l construction, the draft tongue 39 can swing both in a horizontal plane and in a vertical plane, in View of the fact that the pivot membersv43 and 41 are disposed at right angles to one another.

The U-shaped strap 44 has welded thereto an inverted U-shaped guide strap 48, which serves as means for confining the pole 3Q during the swinging thereof in a Vertical plane. The lower end of the guide strap 48 is provided with laterally extending pivot ears 49, to which are pivotally connected by means of bolts 5,0 the steering or drag-links 5|. The rear ends of the draglinks 5I are pivotally connected tothe l'crank-arms 28 by means of pivot bolts 52.

' lWhen the pole 39 is swung to the right or left, the front wheels 24 will be swung therewith, and,

thus, the vehicle will readily track behind a pulling-vehicle, such as awtractor.

When the pole 39 is in its eXtreme telescoped position, thesame can be used for connecting the farm wagonto'a tractor, and when the inner sectionllll. of the pole is pulled outwardly to its extended position, the pole canbe usedas an ordinary"wagon tongue, whereby the wagon can be pulled by draft animals.

' From 'the foregoing description itcan be seen that we have provided an exceptionally rugged anddurablefformof farm wagon chassis,` which can be used Ato thef best advantage for 'farm purposes.. i y; .Y c

Changes indetails may be made without departingffrom'the spirit or the scope of our invention, but what we claim as new is.:

An all-metal vehicle bolster comprising, a body of an inverted U-shape in cross section including Sii) spacedparallel depending side walls and a connecting top wall, vertically disposed channel beams secured. between the depending side walis and closingxtlflev ends of the body, said channel beams constituting axle-supporting members, brace bars-formed from channel beams secured to the outer-.face .of one `depending side wall ofthe body, and a guide sleeve securely fastened tothe body and brace and connecting said brace tothe body.

,l BERNARD VAN ZEELAND. LEONARD VAN ZEELAND. 

